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50 Cards in this Set
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abase
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lower; humiliate
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abash
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embarrass
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abate
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subside; decrease
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abdicate
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renounce; give up
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aberrant
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abnormal or deviant
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abet
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aid (usually in doing something wrong); encourage
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abhor
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detest; hate
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abject
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wretched; lacking pride
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abjure
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renounce upon oath
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ablution
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washing
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abnegation
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repudiation; self-sacrifice
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abolish
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cancel; put an end to
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abominable
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detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
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aboriginal
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being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
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abortive
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unsuccessful; fruitless
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abrade
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wear away by friction; scrape; erode
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abrasive
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rubbing away; tending to grind down
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abrogate
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abolish
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abscond
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depart secretly and hide
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absolve
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pardon (an offense)
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absorb
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assimilate or incorporate; such or drink up; wholly engage
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abstain
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refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
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abstemious
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sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
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abstinence
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restraint from eating or drinking
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abstruse
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obscure; profound; difficult to understand
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abut
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border upon; adjoin
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abysmal
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bottomless
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abyss
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enormous chasm
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accede
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agree
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accentuate
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emphasize; stress
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acclaim
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applaud; announce with great approval
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acclimate
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adjust to climate
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aclivity
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sharp upslope of a hill
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accolade
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award of merit
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acommodate
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pblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt
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accomplice
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partner in crime
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accord
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agreement
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accost
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approach and speak first to a person
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accoutre
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equip
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accretion
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growth; increase
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accrue
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come about by addition
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acerbity
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bitterness of speech and temper
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acidulous
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slightly sour; sharp, caustic
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acme
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top; pinnacle
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acoustics
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science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
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acquiesce
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assent; agree without protesting
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acquire
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obtain
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acquittal
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deliverance from a charge
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acrid
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sharp; bitterly pungent
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